Dean Koontz was born in Everett, Pennsylvania, and grew up in nearby Bedford. He won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition when he was twenty and has been writing ever since. Mr. Koontz's books are published in 38 languages. Worldwide sales total more than 175 million copies, a figure that currently increases at a rate of more than 350 million copies a year. Dean and his wife, Gerda, live in southern California.

Helium

Reviewed by Krystle Hernandez
on
Jan 25 2009

Originally published in 1988, "Lightning" is undeniably one of Koontz's best novels. In fact, the story is so gripping that it was recently re-released in 2003, including a new afterword written by Koontz himself.